LOUGHBOROUGH Lawn Tennis Club (LLTC) wheelchair tennis player James Shaw has capped a year of real progress by being confirmed on the Tennis Foundation’s World Class Development Programme.

It rounds off a year in which James has risen through the world rankings to achieve a new career high of 56 in quad singles and 24 in quad doubles.

Tokyo 2020 hopeful James, said: “It’s a great feeling to get this support just before the Nottingham Indoor Tournament (ITF Grade 1) where hopefully I can continue my success into the end of the year.”